(1). An attempt to make an unfortunate or ugly situation look good, without success.
Lipstick On A Pig
RANDOM LINGO
Golden Shackles
(1). When your company gives you just enough money to make you think twice about leaving. Most situations involve some kind of deferred compensation that never seems to vest.
“God, I hate this place! But what am I going to do? They put the golden shackles on me again this year and I don’t see anyone matching it anywhere else…”
Client Onboarding
(1). What they used to just call “account opening”. It’s still just “account opening”.
“So, I reached out to our client onboarding team today to see when we should expect the account to be open. They asked us for a few missing things, which I was hoping you could get from the client. Let’s see: birth certificate … mother’s maiden name … and … umm … urine sample. That should do it. Thanks a bunch!”